Yanase Shirota served as the first woman president of the East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center and is currently an at-large board member.

Artifacts from Nagoya and Busan that were once there will be restored and displayed at the L.When news of the artifacts removal reached the Japanese American and Korean American communities.

Concern over what would happen to the gifts.which for the past 43 years has been aligned with Nagoyas Pure O2 business organization.She touted the return of the Olympic flag for the first time since 1984 as a historic event.

City Tourism Department; Yoomee Ha.Los Angeles-Nagoya Sister City Affiliation; Akira Minamiura.

deputy mayor for international affairs; Doane Liu.

ELLEN ENDOOlympic and Paralympic flags on display in the City Hall Rotunda.A panel of some of the main players in the movement.

So keep to yourself and dont try to show off.And I think that message needs to be brought back to the Asian [American] community.

BY MARY UYEMATSU KAOHopefully you have all seen the powerful documentary Free Chol Soo Lee.We had a problem a while back with a Chinese guy who worked in the laundry room.